Events in the year 1887 in Portugal.
Incumbents Monarch: Louis I Prime Minister: José Luciano de Castro
Events 6 March – Portuguese legislative election, 1887 1 December – Signing of the Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peking, when sovereignty over Macau was surrendered to Portugal, or as in the Chinese interpretation, only administrative rights were transferred Births
7 March – Cyril Wright (rugby union), rugby player (died 1960) 21 March – Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, prince (died 1908) 17 May – Froilano de Mello, microbiologist (died 1955) 14 November – Amadeo de Souza Cardoso, painter (died 1918) 18 December – Artur Carlos de Barros Basto, military officer (died 1961)
Deaths
19 October – José Rodrigues, painter (born 1828) 11 November – Manuel Inocêncio Liberato dos Santos, musician (born 1802).
Full date unknown Fontes Pereira de Melo, statesman, politician, and engineer (born 1819) References